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good morning. i'm chris jansing. developing news from the white house. in 45 minutes we are expecting president obama to talk about the $85 billion in the harsh automatic budget cuts known as the sequester. he'll be in the south court auditorium of the white house with a group of first responders. those are the folks whose jobs are on the line if the president and congress don't reach a deal. time is running out. the cuts would go into effect march 1st and congress in recess this week, it gives them five days to work out a deal once they get back. right now, democrats and republicans aren't even talking to each other about how to solve this sequester problem. >> the president gave a speech showing that he'd like to replace it but he hasn't put hi details out there. that's why i conclude it's going to take place. >> democrats have the high ground both substantively and
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politically and we will win on this issue. i believe just like on the fiscal cliff, republicans will come on board. >> the president promised it wouldn't happen. he's the commander in chief and on his watch, we're going to begin to unravel the finest military in the history of the world. >> let's talk about the military. contractors, big and small, are preparing to lay off thousands of workers because tpentagon hae to cut $46 billion from its budget by september 30th and that is not all. when it comes to security the fbi and other federal agents would lose the equivalent of 1,000 federal agents. fema would see a significant funding cut. 70,000 kids would get kicked out of head-start and puts 10,000 teachers at risk and 2,100 fewer food safety inspections and when it comes to your taxes, if the irs furloughs workers there is
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maybe somebody not there. let's bring in my guests. good morning, gentlemen. when the president walks out today, ken, what approach is he going to take? what are we going to hear from him? >> you already see the signal here with the news that they are going to have the emergency responders behind them. until the sequester takes effect and presumably after it takes effect until the government runs out of funds at the end of march, i think we are going to see both sides highlighting the effects of the sequester, the jobs lost, the effects on communities, and pointing to the other side to blame them and ask why they are not coming to the table. this has been going on for a little bit but you see it ska skaitiskait i escalating. both sides will work for the most obvious thing that affects the clearest sign of government in action and close it down or talk about the risk of closing it down and what we see today
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and i could see more press conferences with more effective workers in the coming days. >> a big difference between talking about what could happen and it actually happening, perry. there does seem to be some dispute about how long it would take if the sequester goes into effect before, you know, the average american starts to really feel it. but is that what it's going to take? is it not just the threat of this, but it's something potentially bad going to have to happen? >> i don't think so. we still get to march 1st. you know how congress works and they don't work unless the deadline is extremely eminent. i think when they come back next week more urgency on this issue. one of the challenges right now is president obama is insisting upon tax increases as part of the sequester agreement and you know how republicans view that. he is trying to get them to agree to two in a formal period and challenging thing for them to accept. at the same time, the president is urging and saying this affects the broader economy and the republicans acknowledge that
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but are not ready to go back to the negotiating table right now. >> ken, i guess the other point here is that, you know, if the sequester happens and, for example, in "the washington times" today, they talked about the ripple effect on defense contractors and the thousands of jobs that they are preparing to have layoffs for because of the threat of sequester. i mean, who gets the blame if the economy starts to tank? >> right. well, congress gets the blame more generally and that is what i think is sort of lost here in the jockeying, the positioning and pointing fingers at both sides. we already see historic negative approval ratings for congress. it's only going to get down to both parties detriment. however, i do think the president, by virtue of having this bully pulpit we will see him exercise later this morning and presumely for the next several days, does have a little bit of the upper hand here. i'm not sure if it's quite so much that he can convince republicans to accept additional tax increases as perry suggested
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is very unlikely. by virtue of having the bully pulpit, he is able to come across looking like the adult and pointing to congress and suggesting they are the ones who are dysfunctional. >> republicans in congress are pointing the finger back, as you know, perry. they have talked a lot in the last couple of days and a lot of articles about this the whole outreach issue. they say the president doesn't talk to them. he doesn't know the members. is that a fair complaint and is it making a difference in these negotiations? >> this is an irrelevant complaint and complained about this for years now. not like republican members will change their views about fundamental issues if the president winks or smiles at them or invites them to a party. on some level they really shouldn't. you would think their views would not shift upon what they are getting invited to. another thing to mention here. congress really struggling right now low ratings and i'm not sure
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obama cares about who is to blame. the challenge for him he is worried about will this affect the economy going forward. his big message for the second term is how do i get the economy moving forward and this no doubt whether it taps place will not help the economy and talking about cutting spending where the economy is struggling to get along. >> let me ask you to hang in there and let me bring in congressman joe garcia. >> a pleasure to be with you. >> is it too late to get a deal? what do you think? are these cuts going to happen? >> look. i'm in miami today and walking my district and i should be in washington and sitting there and trying to find solutions. this is exactly why people are so frustrated with congress. i limited to your commentators. they are right. here is government being run by crisis. it's tremendously unfortunate. what is fascinating in congress when you speak spoke republicans individually we have a working group with freshmen which are 20 guys, 10 democrats, 10 republicans, and we have been
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talking about these issues. you know, these republicans are willing to talk about revenue. we are willing to talk about entitlement reform. we need to have loopholes closed in the tax code and things we agree on, yet, if we are not sitting in a room working on it, i'm down in the keys visiting my fishermen and visiting schools in my district but that will not solve our country's budgetary problems. >> let me point out to you something we heard about. simpson-bowles rolled out a detailed plan to cut the deficit by $2.5 trillion. it would be 3-1 cuts to taxes. >> they can scoff all they want but either get your country on course and forget the fact you're a democrat or a republican and get to be an american and get cracking! >> the truth is both camps have got to get out of their comfort zone and got to make these tough decisions. naeed the ea they made the easy ones and now have to make the critical ones. >> is this something you would
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support or could use as a starting point? >> we need to use it as a starting point. i'm not telling you that it's perfect. you know? i don't think, you know, senator simpson walked down from the mountain with all of the solutions. i think we need to sit and starting talking about this as opposed to to posturing. whether the president invites a republican or knows his name? these are absurd postulations. we can't grow the economy when people don't know what it looks like. >> you're on the subcommittee on immigration and huge outrage from the republicans about the leak of those details on the plan of immigration. when you look at the details, is the white house plan more in line with your beliefs? what about the senate bipartisan plan? tell me where you think this is right now. >> again, this is a perfect
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example what is going on that is wrong. the president's plan is right on all four of where senator rubio has been talking about. he hits all of the points. you know, it's about securing the border. it's about verification and finding a pathway forward. those are the central elements to what the senate has been working on. i hope it's what is going on in the house. because that one is a little bit more secretive. but i think the president is doing exactly what they want. now, does it have some kind of trigger, you know? if janet brewer gets the "b" out of our bonnet we can go guard on immigration? of course not. the president has to hire worker and create a system that works for impleemployers and secure t border. you can't do this on a whim, suddenly, the sheriff thinks that the border is secure. it is a plan that is functional. i think it's on all four's. now what is wrong with it, right some what is wrong with it is
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that the president is for it and so now marco rubio is against it. i think this is unfortunate. i know marco rubio just joined ous this immigration fight but many of us who have been working on this a long time and there is very good negotiation. there is facts that we know. we have an immigration system that is broken. let me give you an example. we spent $18 billion on border enforcement last year. that is more than we spend on fbi, dea and all other federal criminal departments combined. and we still don't have a working system. now, we can buy bigger buckets for the sinking ship or fix the hole and move forward in a system that works. i think most americans, over 60% of americans, agree we need to fix our broken immigration system. this would be good for the economy and good for growth and it will put us on the track because we need high-tech workers and agricultural workers necessary to our farming
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community' at the same time people pay their back taxes and social security and we need to move forward. >> thank you so much. what we have heard from republicans is they want more border security. he is making the opposite argument which we have heard from the white house about how good it is already. but is this going to be a major sticking point? >> i think it will be because it's hard to define what exactly constitutes a secure border. the republicans and the president disagree about what it is. one thing to keep in mind is senator rubio opposes the obama plan. of course, he does. anything that has obama's name on it is terrible for them to support. obama has a plan. the republicans say that is horrible and they come up with a plan that is very similar but not the obama plan and how this process has to work. >> you know what is interesting to me some when we got through the election and talked to a lot of people and they said a president, historically, doesn't have a big window of opportunity in a second term like you think he would.
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the politics is going to start. i don't think there is anybody, ken, who doesn't think that marco rubio is an absolutely essential player in this whole dynamic of getting immigration reformed passed, but also somebody who may have his on 2016. >> it's a catch-22 for the president. the republicans long criticized him on any number of issues for not presenting detailed plans to congress to get the conversation started when he does have a plan, though, and you could argue whether it was leaked for political effect or not, it was -- >> what do you think? is it? >> i think there was probably a certain amount of that, but also, you know, it doesn't necessarily -- if that was the intended effect i don't think it had that effect because what it does is harden republican opposition. folks who were already opposed but makes it harder for marco rubio to bring them along because as perry said it becomes the obama plan even if there are
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great similarities between what rubio and the working group and the senate has talked about and what obama and what the white house has leaked by virtue of it having obama's name on it, it kind of makes it a nonstarter. >> ken and perry, great conversation. thank you. >> thank you. this morning in south africa, paralympian oscar pistorious broke down in tears at his bail hearing for murder. he told the packed courtroom he shot his model girlfriend on valentine's day by mistake thinking she was a robber. in an afterward the double amputee says he is deeply in love with steenkamp. she had been dating pistorious for about a year. brand is so effective... so trusted... so clinically proven dermatologists recommend it twice as much as any other brand? neutrogena®.
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this has got to be one of the most crowded political races we have seen in a long time. 19 candidates for south carolina is now vacant. the state's former republican governor mark sanford is hoping it will give him a second chance at politics. four years ago, of course, he was a rising political star but that all ended after an extramarital affair with a lady from argentina television reporter was revealed. here is what he said about it this morning. >> the reality of our lives is if we live long enough, we are going to fail at something and i absolutely failed in my personal life and my marriage. but one place i didn't ever fail was with the taxpayer. >> joining me now is chairman of the south carolina republican party, chad connolly and chairman of the south carolina democratic party, dick. this seat was vacated by tim scott what was appointed to the senate. sanford is looking for a politically comeback with 18 other candidates including 16
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republicans. what are his chances? >> well, i think his chances are pretty good because he has bankrolled a bunch of money. but i'd be fascinated to see what happens. over his affair, he was investigated and they found he spent campaign money and state money to visit his girlfriend in argentina. he had over a hundred thousand dollars and using state and campaign money to pay his cable bill and to go on hunting trips to ireland and to visit his girlfriend in argentina. this idea he never disappointed the taxpayers is total bunk and i'm going to be fas snated to see what happens. >> this just started airing in south carolina. >> i've experienced how none of us go through life without mistakes but in their wake we
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can learn a lot about grace, a god of second chances, and be the better for it. >> so, chad, is this kind of argument going to work given what we heard from dick not just the problems with the mistress but some of the financial questions as well? >> it remains to be scene. welcome to south carolina politics. former governor of south carolina, the son of liberal icon teddy turner and 14 other republicans running. remains to be seen how the voters of congressional district one comes out and see who shows up on top. >> teddy turner is the son of the media mowingal, ted turner but a very liberal guy. his son, very conservative in a race that, frankly seems to be on the republican side about who is the most conservative. what is bigger at play here? the fact he has all of this name recognition or does it hurt him because his dad is a big
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environmentalist and liberal? >> who knows. with 16 republicans in the race, he, the governor, all of those house and senate members who are running and the other qualified republicans, have a -- >> we got a freeze on our skype there. >> political science. >> there we go. dick, let me weigh in on that. what do you think about teddy turner? >> well, i mean, i think he has to explain to republican voters in a very, very conservative republican special election turnout how he sat across the table from jane fonda all of those years and his liberal father all of those years and no disagreement ever reported against any of them. >> no. republic he is trying to distance himself from his father's personal beliefs. they say no animosity but clearly it seems they have very clearly different political views. >> i would suggest that the
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republicans will use the fonda/dad connection with him. you have to face elizabeth colbert-busch. mark sanford spent 20 years as a political office holder or traditional sort of a republican hack. teddy turner sorted of a fringe candidate. the rest of these folks, i mean, are just -- >> she is stephen colbert's sister. i understand she pronounces her name the traditional way. there was concern her brother was going to use his tv show to push her. >> it doesn't matter that my sister is intelligent, hard working and compassionate and dedicated to people of south carolina. i will not be mentioning any of
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that on my show. >> so, chad, could she be a formidable candidate against whoever comes out of this on the republican side? >> i'm glad dick brought that up. ms. colbert-busch problem is she has embraced the afl-cio endorsement of her. if they had their way, boeing would have never located in south carolina and we would not have had all of those jobs that went to democrats and republicans. so we're looking forward to a spirited race but we win this thing for the republicans. >> chad connolly and dick harbputley, great to have you both on. >> thank you. >> elizabeth colbert-busch will join chuck todd on "the daily rundown" next week so you'll want to see that. the first-term republican mike johanns will not seek election next year.
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they're back! arguably the two most recognizable and polar opposite in politics. hillary is hitting the speaking unit and will make paid appearances in april or may. sarah palin who lost her lucrative gig to fox news is coming back to washington and speak at cpac next month. joining me to talk about it emily and david winston who was senior adviser to speaker of the house, john boehner. let's start with hillary clinton. politico reports she has this, you know, agent she is going to start getting out there. in a way, it kind of takes her out of the political fray of
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washington. a good move if she is trying to set herself up for 2016 and keep herself in a controlled way? >> absolutely keeping her out there but it goes to an interesting point. women do still need to work to constantly keep themselves relevant if they want to set themselves up for their next move. secretary clinton come off an unbelievable four years. i think if you count up all of the time she spent traveling it's over 86 days or something like that. 1,700 meetings across the world. she has had an unbelievably four years and needs to keep herself relevant and this is a great way to do it. >> in addition to speaking, hillary clinton is also saying that she plans to write another memoir. this will focus on her time as secretary of state. as i'm sure you know she had the other memoir before running in 2008. does this strike you in any way as a 2016 strategy? >> i think the way she will approach it. my expectation is that she will
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probably get in the race and i think both in terms of doing these speeches and writing the memoir, it's the process of her, one, putting together her basic stump speech in terms of the speaking engagements and how she wants to move forward. i think you're going to watch that evolution occur. i would suggest this is a critical period for her as she begins to think through the strategic moves. >> sarah palin is speaking at c-pac and here is what she said last year when she headlined that same conference. >> this november we are going to take back the senate and we are going to fortify the house! be aware, washington! tea party patriots are alive and well! this time next year, we will have a true conservative in the oval office! >> david, where do you think she fits into the republican party right now?
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obviously, she is rile up a crowd but how politically relevant is she? >> i think you get to the crux. clearly the ending of the contract with fox is a major step in terms of what is occurring to her public voice and think what she does at c-pac and defines what her voice is going to be is personal based. is she going to focus on some content? i think this speech is a critical speech for her in terms of where she goes and in terms of the discourse. >> do you think this is critical for her? is she in sort of a crisis period, having lost her biggest platform, emily? >> oh, absolutely. you have to -- you got to respect a hustle when you see a good one. she has had a really amazing career based on the fact she didn't finish out one term as governor. so if she lost the biggest platform to go on to the next one, i think this is a great move for her. >> all right. emily tess and david winston, thanks to both of you. >> a pleasure. the white house is keeping a close eye on colorado where the house has passed a series of gun
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control bills. the measures require background checks for all gun purchases, a ban on magazines with more than 15 rounds, and it allows colleges to ban concealed weapons. vice president joe biden helped lobby state lawmakers and they still have to pass the state senate where that vote is expected to be close. nestle has pulled beef pasta meals from the shelves of italy and spain after tests showed dna. american security firm says the chinese army is respond for 140 major hacking attempts on u.s. targets and that includes military contractors and major corporations. china calls the claims groundless. pope benedict will have a pension according to italian media which reports $3,300 a month coming had is bap the
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vatican could not that report a spokesman says all of the pope's outgoing needs will be met. our first look at kate middleton's growing baby bump. she made her his appearance since announcing her pregnancy in december. she is about 4 1/2 months pregnant. researchers developed a drug that is fascinating. it's made up of alcohol metabolizing enzymes that they drop alcohol levels in drunk mice. don't pop open the champagne yet. the research in its early stages. the reality is you have too much to drink and pop a pill and you're all better. daryl hannah arrested after protesting at the white house. tell you about that coming up later. gas prices hit a new four-month high. boy, the cost of a fill-up has
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gone up 33 days in a row yet. are we there yet? >> everything seems to be going up at the moment. i don't know if you've seen the dow this morning. scaling new heights here and we neat a positive catalyst to push us sustainably high. back to the pump. if you feel like you're paying more, you are. the current average is $3.75 a gallon, nationwide average and 15 cents higher than a week and 44 cents higher than a month ago and we haven't gotten to the summer driving season. it has a lot to do with the number of refinery closings as opposed to just underlying crude prices but, boy, it hurts when you fill up. >> no kidding. pardon the pun. a whopper of a public relations nightmare for burg king! >> i will excuse you for that pun! burger king has not really been sold to mcdonald's despite what it said on burger king's twitter
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feed. now burger king, they have regained control of their hacked twitter page and they then tweeted out, interesting day here, burger king, but we are back. welcome to our new followers. hope you all stick around. someone, chris, as yet still unknown someone, apparently hacked their account hoposting obscene messages and changing their logo to mcdonald's saying we just got sold to mcdonald's. but you might remember at the beginning of this month, twitter actually said cyberattack may have stolen users names and passwords of about 250,000 users so maybe they were just one of the many that were hacked. >> unbelievable. thank you, mandy. always good to see you from cnbc. are you looking for a trip to take this spring? smarter valve.com has a list of the top off-peak get-aways. tallinn, es stone ya is one of them and istanbul turkey is one
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great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold packages at any fedex office location. checking out some live pictures from the white house where any minute, we expect president obama to press congress to avoid the so-called sequester, those automatic budget cuts. lawmakers are off this week, so they will have five days to agree on deficit reduction. we will have the president as soon as he comes to the podium. in the meantime, former vice president al gore made a passionate argument against the keystone xl pipeline saying last night in a speech that getting that oil from canada is just like a junkie, who, quote, finds veins in their toes when ones in their arms and legs give out.
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the debate owner keystone is escalating. daryl hannah wound up in a protest. she and dozens of others arrested after change themselves to the white house gates last wednesday. daryl hannah out of jail but still fighting and she joins me from los angeles. good morning, daryl. >> good morning. >> this is the third time you've been arrested for the same cause. i think in 2011 at the white house. again, last fall at a protest in texas. why is this so important? >> well, the keystone pipeline is sort of a linchpin to whether or not we lock ourselves into a catastrophic climate change and also dirty fossil fuel future for this country. it is not just a symbolic gesture, it really is the key linchpin into whether or not the tar sands mines will be able to
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expand. right now the size of the city of chicago and plan to expand them to the size of the state of florida. that cannot happen if they don't have access to the global market which is what they want to put this pipeline? they want it as an export pipeline. >> they say 20,000 new jobs could be created. decreased dependency on opec. written in "the new york times" by joe nocera. so how do you convince skeptics? >> well, first of all, we're already processing some of that tar sands oil in the midwest and oklahoma. the reason they want to get this product to the coast is because they cannot get it to the coast in canada.
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they want to make it available for sale on the global market. this is not oil that is promised to us. it is going to be refined into diesel which is what they do, for the most part, down in the gulf and then make it available for export. we will be bearing all of the risks for this pipeline to go through our aqua firs and through the bread basket of our economy which is experiencing stream drought and when we have fossil furs in that area they do not replenish. it has nothing to do with gas prices. i mean, they have got 20 million dollars in just pr alone to try to confuse people about this issue but this does not have anything to do with energy security. it doesn't have to do with gas prices. this is just so that these oil companies can do their fiduciary duty and reap more rewards for their shareholders and to increase their profit.
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>> they, obviously, have spent money on this and on your side, some environmental groups have as well. although you and some other celebrities have really made this an important cause and have gotten a lot of publicity for it. do you think it helps or do you think it sort of fuels the opposition and they sort of mock you and put you in this category as they like to say of crazy liberals? >> i'm not a big fan of all of this polarizing that the media takes part in. we are all human beings and right now we are experiencing a time where we have our life support systems are at risk and it's crucial that all of us speak up and it doesn't matter what profession you're in. it's important that question we share information and do our research because there is billions of dollars at stake and that is why people are promoting these misinformation campaigns, so it's really crucial to start getting out there and speaking up, sharing information, and pressing our government to do our will and not just the will
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of the money that goes in their pockets from these corporations who have the right to do so now that citizens united verse fac has been passed. >> let me ask ask you, finally, about the president. i think it's generally understood he's in a tough spot and gotten support from environmental groups and showed support about the pipeline project during his campaign. even talked about global warming during his state of the union address. and, yet, there is this relationship with canada that is very important to the united states, domestic labor unions are concerned about the jobs. >> but labor unions have also been spoken out against -- against this pipeline as well. i mean, especially ones who are concerned with our health like the nurses union and other unions have aligned to people trying to bring some common sense to the situation. >> in the end what does your gut tell you? what is the president going to do? >> i think if people press him and let him know that the
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citizens do not want this pipeline. of course, big business wants the pipeline. the wealthiest corporations in the history of mankind, the oil companies, want this pipeline because it's going to bring billions more profits to them when they are able to refine it and export it. this does not bring any benefit to us in the united states. there is independent studies done about the number of jobs that have been greatly exaggerated and in terms of energy security it really has nothing to do with energy security and it's important to do that research to understand that so we can press the president as he has asked us to do again and again, asked us to push him, to push him to consider his legacy and to consider future generations. >> actress and activist daryl hannah, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> let's take a quick break. we will be back with more. [ female announcer ] dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula, now proven to build a moisture reserve, so skin can replenish itself. that's healthy skin for life. only from aveeno.
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chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. president barack obama just taking to the podium surrounded by first responders and talking about the sequester. let's listen in.
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>> welcome to the white house. as i said in my state of the union address last week, our top priority must be to do everything we can to grow the economy and create good, middle class jobs. that's our top priority and that is our north star. that drives every decision we make and it has to drive every decision that congress and everybody in washington makes over the next several years and that's why it's so troubling that just ten days from now, congress might allow a series of automatic, severe budget cuts to take place that will do the exact opposite. it won't help the economy. won't create jobs. will visit hardship on a whole lot of people. here is what is at stake. over the last few years both parties have worked together to reduce our deficits by more than
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$2.5 trillion. more than two-thirds of that was through some pretty tough spending cuts. the rest of it was through raising taxes, tax rates on the wealthiest 1% of americans. and, together, when you take the spending cuts and the increased tax rates on the top 1%, it puts us more than halfway towards the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction that the economists say we need to stabilize our finances. a congress, back in 2011, also passed a law saying that if both parties couldn't agree on a plan to reach that $4 trillion goal, about a trillion dollars of additional arbitrary budget cuts would start to take effect this year. by the way, the whole design of these arbitrary cuts was to make them so unattractive and
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unappealing the republicans and democrats would get together and find a sensible cuts and closing tax loopholes and so forth. so this was all designed to say we can't do these bad cuts. let's do something smarter. that was the whole point of this so-called sequester. congress hasn't come together and done their jobs. as a consequence, we have these automatic brutal spending cuts that are poised to happen next friday. now if congress allows this meat cleaver approach to take place, it will jeopardize our military readiness, it will eviscerate jobs and energy and medical research. it won't consider whether we are cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness or a vital service that americans depend on every single day. it doesn't make those distinctions.
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emergency responders like the ones who are here today, their abdominal to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. border patrol agents will see their hours reduced. fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids. hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings. already, the threat of these cuts has forced the navy to delay an aircraft carrier that was supposed to deploy to the
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persian gulf. as our military leaders have made clear, changes like this, not well thought through, not phased in properly, changes like this affect our ability to respond to threats in unstable parts of the world. so these cuts are not smart. they are not fair. they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might take up again. and that is why democrats, republicans, business leaders, and economists, they have already said that these cuts, known here in washington as sequestraion are a bad idea and not how we should run our government. here is the thing. they don't have to happen. there is a smarter way to do
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this. to reduce our deficits without harming our economy. but congress has to act. in order to for that to happen. for years, i've offered a balanced approach to deficit reduction that would prevent these harmful cuts. i outlined it again last week at the state of the union. i am willing to cut more spending that we don't need. get rid of programs that aren't working. i've laid out specific reforms to our entitlement programs. they can achieve the same amount of health care savings by the beginning of the next decade as the reforms that were proposed by the simpson-bowles act. i am willing to save billions of dollars by a tax reform that gets rid of taxes for the well off and well-connected without raising tax rates. i believe such a balanced approach that combines tax
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reform, with some additional spending reforms, done in a smart, thoughtful way, is the best way to finish the job of deficit reduction and avoid these cuts once and for all that could hurt our economy, slow our recovery, put people out of work. and most americans agree with me. the house and the senate are working on budgets that i hope reflect this approach. but if they can't get such a budget green light done by next friday, the day these harmful cuts begin to take effect, then, at minimum, congress should pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms that would prevent these harmful cuts, not to kick the can down the road, but to give them time to work together on a plan that finishes
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the job of deficit reduction in a sensible way. i know democrats in the house and in the senate have proposed such a plan, a balanced plan. one that pairs more spending cuts with tax reform and close the special interest loopholes and make sure the billionaires can't pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries. and i know that republicans have proposed some ideas too. i have to say, though, that so far at least, the ideas that the republicans have proposed asks nothing of the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations. so the burden is all on first responders or seniors or middle class families. they double down, in fact, on the harsh, harmful cuts that i've outlined. they slash medicare and investments that create good middle class jobs. and so far at least what we have expressed is a preference where they would rather have these cuts go into effect than

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